Thu
June 14
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Breakfast as you wish…
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| 9:30 AM
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Gathering at the hotel and drive to Fort Monroe
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| 10:30 AM
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Casemate Museum Guided Tour
($3 per person)
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| 1:00 PM
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Lunch: Mama Rosa’s Italian Family Restaurant
- 617 E Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA
- +1 (757) 723-3560
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| 2:00 PM
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Travel back to hotel
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| 3:00 PM
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Opening remarks
- Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc.
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| 3:10 PM
| “Life on the USS Monitor”
- John V. Quarstein, Director Emeritus of the USS Monitor Center at the Mariners‘ Museum and Park
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| 3:45 PM
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“Verne’s US Civil War novel North Against South”
- Art Evans, DePauw University
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| 4:05 PM
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“Humor in Verne’s Works”
- Art Evans, DePauw University
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| 4:35 PM
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“The First Imitator of Jules Verne”
- Jean-Michel Margot, NAJVS Inc.
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| 5:05 PM
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“Verne and John Brown”
- Terry Harpold, University of Florida, Gainesville
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| 6:00 PM
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Dinner at: Red Lobster
- 2580 Jefferson Ave., Newport News, VA
- (near the hotel)
- +1 (757) 989-6423
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Fri
June 15
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Breakfast as you wish…
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| 9:00 AM
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Mariners’ Museum (USS Monitor Center)
- guided tour by John V. Quarstein
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| 11:30 AM
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Lunch: continue in the museum or dine at Mariners’ Museum Cafe
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| 12:30 PM
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Travel back to hotel
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| 1:00 PM
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NAJVS Business Meeting (members only)
- Agenda by NAJVS President Brian Taves
- Presided by Vice President Jean-Michel Margot
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| 6:00 PM
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Official Dinner at: Second Street Restaurant
- 115 Arthur Way, Newport News, VA
- +1 (757) 234-4448
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Sat
June 16
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Breakfast as you wish…
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| 10:00 AM
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Virginia Air & Space Center
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| 1:00 PM
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Lunch: boxed lunch in the Virginia Air & Space Museum’s Cosmic Café
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| 2:00 PM
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John V. Quarstein leads a tour of Battle of the Ironclads sites
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Sun
June 17
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— BON VOYAGE —
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